Serving as based on the Dutch School Leaver Survey (SVO 2020), commissioned by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. It provides information on the transition from education to the labor market for graduates of secondary vocational education (MBO), secondary education, and early school leavers, surveyed approximately 1.5 years after graduation.
Use Cases
- Analyze the labor market connection of MBO graduates to inform policy under the Macro-efficiency Act of 2015.
- Study the reasons for early school leaving and the future intentions of early school leavers.
- Monitor the transition to further education for graduates of secondary education.
- Use the School Leaver Information System (SIS) framework to track the school-to-work transition across the full breadth of the education system.
Strengths
- Survey conducted approximately 1.5 years after graduation, providing post-transition data.
- Commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), ensuring official authority.
- Managed in collaboration with the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA), a specialized institute.
Limitations
- Specific sample size, column details, and file formats are unknown.
- Data is focused on the Dutch education system, limiting international applicability.
- The survey targets specific graduate and leaver cohorts, which may not represent all educational transitions.
Provenance
- Source
- Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS), the Dutch national statistics office.
- Collection Method
- Survey of persons who successfully completed an MBO, secondary education, or left school early, conducted approximately 1.5 years after graduation.
- Time Range
- 2020 survey, covering transitions for graduates from approximately 2018-2019.
- Freshness
- Dataset metadata was last updated on 2025-10-24.
- Geography
- Netherlands.